Re: (rshsdepot) Berlin: New passenger station

["James Kelling" <james.kelling_@_nara.gov>]

This new depot is built on the site of the former Lehrter Bahnhof, one of Berlin's seven major stations for long distance trains before World War II, but it was largely destroyed in the war and demolished thereafter.  The site had been vacant for many years.  Berlin's former so-called Hauptbahnof, the former Schlesischer Bahnof or Ost Bahnhof, was in East Berlin after the city became divided in 1945, so no trains from the Western Zone used it, terminating instead at the Zoo Bahnhof in West Berlin.  The Zoo will likely remain a stop for long distance trains from the west, because its location is more convenient for western Berlin attractions.  The new Hauptbahnhof is within walking distance of Berlin's new government quarter, which is likely why the station was built. 

James Kelling, a frequent Berlin visitor

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From   Michael Valentine Sent  Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:13 pm 
 

It seems the end of construction of grand passenger stations is far from  
over: Berlin is putting touches on its nearly $900 million (Yes folks  
nearly a billion dollars) main train station that is a cathedral of  
glass and steel which took over almost 8 years to build, consisting  
of a glass curved train-shed of stunning modern beauty, with over  
9,000 glass panels.

An article is here:

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,417598,00.html 

Check out the photo gallery about the construction:

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,417752,00.html 

The photos are wonderful. Kinda makes you think about our country's  
transportation policy as a whole when you read articles like this.  
We'll be too busy bailing out the airlines,to even dream of such a  
project.

- -MRV


 

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